Clean Rivers Trust are delighted to announce that the John Spedan Lewis Foundation is supporting our work at Cinderhill in Derbyshire. The support of the foundations will be of great benefit to the project.

Introduction. Amongst the many issues that the Trust has been involved with over the last twenty eight years the issues of pharmacological pollution, the waste often of hospitals and large conurbation medications has been high on the list of our desires to find affordable solutions. Residues of medical drugs and synthetic organic compounds, such as […]

In 2011 the Trust visited the area around Lake Kakinga and the town of Sembabule in Uganda. The purpose of the short visit was to consider improving it as a fishery, remove agal blooms, improve the water quality of the lake and protect it as a viable water resource for the local villages. The Lake […]

Sally has sent her apologies early for the next meeting of the Trustees. The Trust appreciates that she will be on her Honeymoon. A satisfactory reason for absence if ever there was one!. It has been a very busy few months for the Trust since the last meeting. The Trust completed two reports on the […]

1 Introduction. 1.1 This is not an in-depth report on Cinderhill Tar Pit 4 but a record of activities leading up to planting and the first week of maintenance. 1.2 The site of the trial was previously a clay pit excavated to supply clay to a local brickworks and subsequently in the 1970s one of […]

1 Introduction. 1.1 The purpose of this report is to outline and detail the findings of investigations carried out as to the movement of contaminants into mine workings that may exist beneath the Acid Tar Pits site, Cinderhill, Derbyshire. This examination of data and information will ascertain the effects, if any, that the contamination from […]

1 Introduction. 1.1 The purpose of this report is to outline work to be carried out for the purpose of trialling the use of willows (Salix) in remediating the Tar Pit known as 4 plus at a later date another smaller tar pit, 1a, which are located at the north western corner of the site […]

The Trust has been invited to carry out a trial to use our knowledge and experience gained over the last 25 years into using willows to remediate a large site in the UK (A further report will deal with the exact location). The site was used to dispose of acid tars, the residues of the […]

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